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Found 9 works tagged 'ghost story'.
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The Right Man for the Job
Published Jul 25, 2020 · 3,521 words (13 minutes) · 563 views
Historical Fantasy Humor Political ghost story
Democratic Party leaders are desperate. They hold a seance to summon the ghosts of journalist Molly Ivins, politician Adlai Stevenson II, and newscaster Walter Cronkite back from the afterlife to do something—anything!—about the current administration.
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A Haunting in the Taste of Gray
Published Jun 29, 2020 · 2,839 words (11 minutes) · 1 like · 447 views
A daughter haunts her grieving blind mother through a device that lets her see with her tongue.
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Aboard The Lady Maria
Published Apr 16, 2020 · 1,234 words (5 minutes) · 389 views
Originally published in Big Pulp. Just a little horror piece. My own take on...well, read it and find out.
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The Men Who Go Under The Ground
Published Jan 30, 2020 · 2,893 words (11 minutes) · 1 like · 826 views
Horror ghost story mine disaster halloween
Johnny Barstowe is new to the mines, and still has much to learn about this close-knit, close-lipped group. But when the tunnel becomes blocked and “murderer” starts to echo through the caverns, old secrets will come to light.
Born in Nottingham, England and now living in Northern Virginia, Jennifer R. Povey is a versatile author of several novels and short stories, as well as tabletop RPG supplements.
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The Sound of One Foot Dancing
Published Dec 11, 2019 · 2,741 words (10 minutes) · 1 like · 511 views
Fantasy Historical WWII ghost story Fred Astaire Holiday Inn dancing White Christmas christmas movies
Christmas, Fred Astaire, the filming of HOLIDAY INN, and a dancer who will not die.
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Breath
Published Dec 6, 2019 · 2,418 words (9 minutes) · 2 likes · 536 views
Fantasy Historical Australia ghost story Camping
A campfire tale proves all too real for a group of Girl Guides and their leader in 1930s Queensland.
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Do Good
Published Nov 13, 2019 · 6,531 words (24 minutes) · 1 like · 600 views
Mystery Classic Fantasy Horror ghost story high school
Few people in the world are as universally distrusted and mocked as high school vice principals. When a teacher walks down the hall, groups of students will stop talking, but when a vice principal walks down the hall groups of teachers shut up. It's a terrible stereotype. Vice principals discipline students who are in trouble and evaluate teachers. How can they be liked? How can a person in that job do good?
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The Woman on the Bench
Published Oct 2, 2019 · 985 words (4 minutes) · 3 likes · 554 views
Fantasy Horror disabled lead character ghost story dogs dark fantasy urban fantasy
A blind woman who can only see ghosts works to release them from their eternal haunts.
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Ghosts From an Enchanter Fleeing
Published Sep 8, 2019 · 4,759 words (18 minutes) · 3 likes · 580 views
Fantasy Historical magic ghosts ghost story victorian england
What happens when a necromancer becomes woke? This story appeared in WEIRD TALES in 1999.
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